How walkable is Belair?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Belair has a walkability score of 31 out of 100 across the 2 km around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: most errands require a car. It is the 5th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Adelaide, which scores 81 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
105 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Belair. The nearest grocery is Bel-air Bakery, about 6 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, shopping, parks and schools. It is weakest for banks and books & libraries.
- Grund's Gourmet20 min
- House of Zen6 min
- Banana Boogie Bakery6 min
- Great Wall of Beer4 min
- Belair Fine Wines4 min
- Monalta Reserve4 min
- Downer Avenue Reserve8 min
- Belair Primary School11 min
- St John's Grammar Junior School13 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Belair at -34.9994, 138.6255. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 44 street intersections per km², and blocks average 148 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 4%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Belair
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 2 km around the centre of Belair. Rings mark 1 km and 2 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Adelaide
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Norwood | 8.7 km | 90 |
| Prospect | 13.3 km | 83 |
| Enfield | 15.6 km | 71 |
| Gilles Plains | 16.9 km | 75 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Adelaide page.
Questions about walking in Belair
Is Belair walkable?
Not very. Belair in Adelaide has a walkability score of 31 out of 100 across the 2 km around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: most errands require a car.
Is Belair more walkable than the rest of Adelaide?
Belair is less walkable than Adelaide as a whole: it scores 31, against 81 for the 5 km around Adelaide's centre. It ranks 5th of the 5 Adelaide neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Adelaide?
Of the 5 Adelaide neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Norwood (90), Prospect (83) and Gilles Plains (75).
How is the walkability score of Belair calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Belair it is the average of 47 points spread evenly across the 2 km around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.